Librario: An open-source book metadata API aggregating Google Books, ISBNDB, and Hardcover
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jamesponddotco
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Summary
Librario is a pre-alpha, AGPL-licensed book metadata API that aggregates data from Google Books, ISBNDB, and Hardcover into a single unified response. Created by a developer building a personal library management tool for a collection of 1,800 books, it addresses the problem that no single source provides complete book information. The API is available for others to try and use.
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My wife and I have a personal library with around 1,800 books. I started working on a library management tool for us, but I quickly realized I needed a source of data for b
It's currently pre-alpha, AGPL-licensed, and available to try now.
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